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        <th>Issue</th>
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            <a href=https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/issues/155294>155294</a>
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        <th>Summary</th>
        <td>
            What release do I need?
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      <th>Labels</th>
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            new issue
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      <th>Assignees</th>
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      <th>Reporter</th>
      <td>
          Niko-O
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I just want to compile a simple C++ program and run it. https://clang.llvm.org/get_started.html says "Clang is released as part of regular LLVM releases. You can download the release versions from https://llvm.org/releases/.". I don't need the "latest and greatest" in LLVM development (I assume), so I choose the highest version number and click "download". This links me to a GitHub releases page with a whopping 67 files to choose from.

* ".sig" files are just signature files. I remove those.
* I assume files with ".src" in the name contain just the source code. I don't need that, so I remove those and the "Source code (zip)" and "Source code (tar.gz)" files from the list.
* I don't know what ".jsonl" files are, but they are small, so probably not what I need. I remove them.
* I am on Windows, so I remove files with "Linux" and "macOS" in the name.
* Does "aarch64" mean I'm running the compiler on aarch64 or that I want to run the output of the compiler on aarch64? Anyways, neither of those are the case for me, so remove those.
* Same thing with "woa64".
* As far as I know, Doxygen is a documentation tool, so I assume that the files with "doxygen" in the name are just documentation. I remove those.
* I assume that "win32" vs "win64" is the distinction between 32-bit and 64-bit Windows. I have a 64-bit Windows, so I remove "win32".

That leaves me with two options:
* clang+llvm-20.1.0-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc.tar.xz
* LLVM-20.1.0-win64.exe

Why is the distinction between 32 and 64 bit Windows done with "x86_64-pc-windows" for the "clang+llvm" file, but with "win64" for the "LLVM" file?
Since the command I need to execute starts with "clang" (`clang -g -fuse-ld=lld Input.cpp -o Output.exe`), I assume that I do need "clang+llvm". But I don't actually know. Do I really need 896MB of stuff?

What exactly do I need to compile and run C++ on 64 Bit Windows?
And more importantly: How does someone coming from a relatively uninformed standpoint of "I just need a compiler to compile some simple programs" find that information quickly and easily?
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